7wo7rees has passed away
She was my wife of 20 years. She was a muckraker and finger-pointer, a community first activist.
She and I found DU from Bartcop just after 9/11 when we all turned to the internet to find answers. She clutched it deep in her bosom and befriended many of you. DU was her first and last stop online everyday.
She was found not breathing this weekend after a wellness check by a mutual friend. Her alcohol addiction consumed her. No attempts to snuff the daily rituals to beat back demons bigger than the both of us would prevail. She was 65.
She posted and was tombstoned here as Anarchy1999 and Stands With A Fist and a few others. I am confident she was reading DU on her last day.
I love her and I miss her and I know she has found comfort, finally. She really loved you guys. Please remember well 7wo7rees.
She will be missed, and condolences to you DJ Porkchop….
Sending good wishes and support.
As for her alcohol addiction, I am especially sorry, speaking as a member of AA since 2008. She will be truly missed here.
We interacted occasionally and I'll miss her voice on DU.
We will remember her well.
She was one of my favorite DUers. I always have her posts a recommendation when I saw them.
Sending my deepest condolences to you. She will be missed here.
my pswrd for my original acct after fighting and surviving cancer). I LOVED her and please accept my deepest heartfelt condolences for her passing. Once your heart heals, may her memory soon be a source of blessings, peace and smiles. Blessings, DJ Porkchop & safe & healing journey home, 7wo7rees...
It didn't work out due to medical issues on my end, plus scheduling difficulties added on top of it. She was a gentle, yet feisty soul. I hope she has found the peace she was looking for.
Here are the four of us, from our first meet-up in Dallas a couple of years ago: DJ, 7wo7rees, me and my wife:
Happier times........
We interacted a few times. She will be remembered here and missed.
May she have had a gentle passing.
I will miss her posts and comments.
Take good care of yourself during your time of grief.
Hugs and Prayer!
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wishing you peace and strength for your heart and spirit
7wo7rees will be missed.
Condolences.
losing a family member.
And send my sincere condolences.to you. May she rest in peace.
She will be missed here.
I've lost a couple of friends to alcohol addiction. Both bright, creative people who should have lived much longer. But it can be as deadly an addiction as any other.
Like you, I believe she has found comfort, and healing.
I am deeply saddened to see this post, and I extend my sincere condolences to you and all who love her. I will miss her more than I can express. There are only a handful of DUers (now) with whom I feel a true connection, and she was one. What a loss for us all though, like you, I'm relieved for her.
I'm glad you left the link. Way too sad, she will be missed.
I'm sure she and Bartcop are having a huge meet-up in the next life right now. (I found DU through him, as well.)
Know that she will be remembered by many and here in the heart of DU
May you find solace in your memories of her from happier times.
You were loved by me and many more …
You will be missed
...I will remember her as a very dear and engaging friend.
Rest well 7wo7rees.
May it be beautiful before me.
May it be beautiful behind me.
May it be beautiful below me.
May it be beautiful above me.
May it be beautiful all around me.
Above and below me hovers the beautiful
I am surrounded by it
I am immersed in it
The mountains, I become part of it
The herbs, the fir tree, I become part of it.
The morning mists, the clouds, the gathering waters,
I become part of it.
The wilderness, the dew drops, the pollen
I become part of it.
From the doorway of rainbow,
The path out of which is the rainbow,
The rainbow passed out with me,
The rainbow rose up with me.
Through the middle of broad fields,
The rainbow returned with me
With the rainbow hanging high over your head, come to us soaring.
With beauty before me
With beauty behind me
With beauty above me
With beauty below me
With beauty all around me
It is finished in beauty.
It is finished in beauty.
'Sa'ah naaghéi, Bik'eh hózhó
The Night Chant
I have been here since 2004 and remember reading many of her posts.
Too young.
Deepest condolences . . . . . and thank you for sharing that glimpse of her journey.
This is devastating to read. Rest In Peace, 7wo7rees.
The shock of this huge loss is so all-consuming. Please take care of yourself!
She always had good things to say to me. I will miss her.
Her posts were often thought provoking and always interesting. Alcohol is a cruel mistress.
Haele
May she rest in peace.
too all who knew and loved her.
I hope you have plenty of good memories to keep her spirit alive in your heart.
For everything marriage brings to life, I hope your good memories together help bring you healing and peace.
I love 7wo7rees, and felt that she loved DU. She's been #1 on my hearts list for years. I will remember her well, DJ, and miss her presence.
Wishing you peace and healing.
to you and yours. I enjoyed her posts and will miss them.
I am on my way to an AA meeting as I read this.
I loved her posts.
R-I-P 7wo7rees
"No attempts to snuff the daily rituals to beat back demons bigger than the both of us would prevail" reads like a page out of my history in the 80s. It was a miracle I survived.
Thank you for sharing and for your tireless love for her.
KY........ ......
I always enjoyed her posts.